Steaming bowls of pasta, a taco bar, jars overflowing with M&Ms and jelly beans — that's what Jena Malone remembers about being on a movie set as a kid. The food.
"I grew up like without any sort of fancy food. So I literally stuffed myself...

Kent Alterman's job is to bring the funny.
Alterman, the 57-year-old president of content development and original production for Comedy Central, helps oversee such hits as "South Park," "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" and "The...

A word or two about binge-watching: As a long-term sustainable business model, it works only if the original content being produced is binge-worthy, i.e. any good. Sure, people will spend a day nursing the flu or a breakup by tearing through multiple...

Writer-director-star Jon Favreau cooks up tureens of fun and charm in "Chef," a welcome return to his more intimate, indie film roots ("Swingers," "Made") after helming such mega-budget pictures as "Iron Man,"...

The passing of the "Late Show" torch has officially begun. On Tuesday, Stephen Colbert paid his first visit to the Ed Sullivan Theater following the news that he will be taking over for David Letterman next year.
To answer your first...

The question of who will replace David Letterman on CBS' "Late Show" has been answered. The new host will be Stephen Colbert. Now the Internet's favorite guessing game has become: Who will replace Stephen Colbert?
One of the most interesting...

It's been almost 20 years since the ABC sitcom "Full House" ended in 1995, but this year's Super Bowl will give America another chance to check in on Danny, Uncle Joey and Uncle Jesse.
"Full House" stars John Stamos, Dave...

In just two days, Amy Poehler will co-host the 71st annual Golden Globes. She's got an NBC show -- and a web show. A film set for Sundance. And she's executive producer of the upcoming Comedy Central bestie comedy "Broad City," which she was...

The Sundance Institute has announced the selected films for the U.S. and World Cinema dramatic and documentary competitions and the out-of-competition NEXT <=> section of the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. This year's festival will be held...

Amazon announced Monday that it has set the premiere dates for its first two original series. "Alpha House" will begin streaming on Nov. 15, and "Betas" will follow a week later on Nov. 22.
Amazon doesn't plan on hewing to the Netflix...

David Rakoff, a humorist whose cynical outlook on life and culture earned him the 2011 Thurber Prize for American Humor, died Thursday in New York City after a long illness. He was 47.The statement from Doubleday and Anchor Books announcing his death...

Like detention, "Tanner Hall," the new coming-of-age-in-a-boarding-school drama, allows room for a lot of thinking about other things — its cast most notably, since watching their struggle to move beyond the mundane is painful.
I found time...